What did you do with/to your Boxster today?

[dulmer]

Ordered a Continental TR7412UB-OR for my '97. Has anyone installed one yet in a 986? Over on Rennlist a few 993/964 guys have installed it. Love the retro looks and the colour looks like it will be a decent match...

[Porsche9]

Dulmer,

That is a nice looking unit for older cars. Certainly better then period or current aftermarket units?

[dulmer]

That's what I thought too. I'll take some pics after I install it, but that likely won't be until April. Have to wait out winter here in the Great White North...

[ryanjboutin]

Originally Posted by dulmer

Ordered a Continental TR7412UB-OR for my '97. Has anyone installed one yet in a 986? Over on Rennlist a few 993/964 guys have installed it. Love the retro looks and the colour looks like it will be a decent match...

Why do I dig this as an acceptable replacement/upgrade to the factory unit?

I like the older styling to keep true to the time period.
I like that it has blue tooth and isn't tacky with chrome and blue LEDs everywhere.
I'll have to look that unit up.

Didn't know Continental made head units.
Off hand, do you know if there's a microphone jack in the back, or just the small one in the unit face?

[dulmer]

Originally Posted by ryanjboutin

Why do I dig this as an acceptable replacement/upgrade to the factory unit?

I like the older styling to keep true to the time period.
I like that it has blue tooth and isn't tacky with chrome and blue LEDs everywhere.
I'll have to look that unit up.

Didn't know Continental made head units.
Off hand, do you know if there's a microphone jack in the back, or just the small one in the unit face?

I ordered it from Germany, off of eBay. It actually has both - there's a mic on the front, but it also comes with one that connects at the back of the unit. I'm going to use this one and run the mic cable over to the location on the instrument cluster where the factory mic would be located. More information on their audio lineup here:

Continental Automotive -Radios

[heliguy]

Originally Posted by dulmer

Ordered a Continental TR7412UB-OR for my '97. Has anyone installed one yet in a 986? Over on Rennlist a few 993/964 guys have installed it. Love the retro looks and the colour looks like it will be a decent match...

This unit looks great and matches the rest of the interior. I love the fact that it has inputs, bluetooth and a microphone for hands free. Since mine still works though I'm still going with the Tranzit Blu.

[dulmer]

I was going to try and keep the CDR-210, but I wanted a USB, so this seemed like the next best thing.

There are two ways of using the mic. There's the one on the front of the unit, and the other option is to use the mic which connects to the back of the unit, with a long bit of cable. I'm going to go this route, and run it over to the location on the instrument panel where the factory mic would have been. Here's a pic of it in a 993. Looks pretty good...

[Benitom]

One of the buttons on my key fob PCB broke today...Porsche quoted me $380 for programmed new one. Wife had no faith in me that I could fix it. Found my soldering iron and fixed it right up. I guess I should get a key cut so I have a spare.